Bret and Jemaine become rivals for the attentions of the same woman, who happens to have an epileptic dog that has gone missing.
WAR
112.5
Wins Above Replacement
“Love Is A Weapon Of Choice” ranks #12 of 22 Flight of the Conchords episodes on the Humor Index, scoring 93.4 — Elite. The episode packs 74 scored jokes at 2.2 per minute, averaging 7.5 on craft and 7.5 on impact, with Bret landing the most laughs. Every joke is ranked below with its individual craft and impact scores.
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Top Jokes
Bret · Brahbrah: Brahbrah asks 'So, brahbrah, how long has Charlie been gone?' — Brahbrah: 'Six years.'
Jemaine · Barbara: 'Could Jemaine come?' / 'Maybe another time.' / 'But, Barbara, I thought...' / 'My name is brahbrah.'
Barbara · Bret · Jemaine · Murray: Post-concert disaster: 'The strobe lights gave all of the dogs seizures.' 'Not all of them.' 'Well, the epileptic ones.' 'Yeah, all of those ones.' Bret: 'I thought they were dancing.'
Mel · Bret · Jemaine: Mel arrives with a 'mock-up family portrait' of Bret, Jemaine, and their hypothetical baby — 'coming out of you guys'
Jemaine: Sometimes I grow a beard and sometimes I glue one on when pressed for time
All Jokes — 74 analyzed
Show all ↓ Hide ↑ Jemaine: Do it now!
Jemaine: Oh, hello, Bret
Barbara: he can't have gone far.
Jemaine: On foot?
Bret Physical/Slapstick Reaction Beat Jemaine: Terrible affliction.
Jemaine: tell me about that girl that's so serious
Bret: it's serious, I'm delirious
Bret: all I know, dawg, is that she's careless with her dog
Bret Jemaine Setup/Punchline Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch The escalating 'then/there/when' exchange between Bret and Jemaine
Bret: no, about 23 seconds ago
Bret: Eugene, stop the track
Jemaine Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Jemaine: Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
Bret: No, I'm thinking what I'm thinking
Jemaine Absurdist Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Bret: Brahbrah
Jemaine: Barbara
Bret: brahbrah, brahbrah
Jemaine: Barbara, Barbara
Bret Jemaine Running Gag Character Comedy Escalation ★ Rewatch 'white chocolate skin' - poetic description of Barbara in song
Bret: she had her eye on my knee
Jemaine: she had her eye on my guns
Bret: she was checking out my buns
Jemaine: wait a minute, you talking about the girl with the lazy eye?
Bret: the girl that's fly with the wonky eye
Jemaine: she's smoking with an eye that's broken
Bret: I think it's hot the way she looks left a lot
Jemaine: So I grabbed them
Barbara: He's in a kitten costume. It was for a party.
Bret: Halloween?
Barbara: No, it was a kitten party.
Jemaine: They didn't allow dogs. You dressed your dog as a cat?
Barbara: Yeah, no dogs allowed, so it was the only way I could sneak him in.
Murray Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Murray: great stage presence
Murray: no stage presence, unfortunately
Murray: Where were you?
Bret: I was at jazzercise.
Murray: Jazzercise?
Murray: Yeah, I paid for five and I got six classes.
Bret: And you've got to go to them?
Murray: forest' and Bret's 'I wish I was a tree' as 'quite similar
Murray Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Bret: It's a song about... pepileptic dogs.
Jemaine: Epileptic dogs.
Murray: Mine's about dogs with epilepsy.
Murray Absurdist Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm ★ Rewatch Murray: if you were to record a song that was anti-aids, you'd end up alienating all those people that are pro-aids
Murray Greg Escalation Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Callback Bret: How many people do you know who are pro-aids?
Jemaine: No one's pro-aids.
Murray Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Callback Murray sending Greg to survey the office about AIDS opinions
Jemaine Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bret calling Barbara 'brahbrah' and her not correcting him
Barbara: No, it was for a gourd party
Barbara: He goes by the name of señor
Barbara: He seems smart too, with his glasses.
Bret: they make him look smart, but he's not smart. He wears those because he has weak vision.
Bret: He reminds me more of a bearded lady.
Jemaine: As an angel might say
Bret: He reminds me more of a bearded lady
Jemaine: But I'm also organizing a benefit to try and raise some money for these poor prophylactic dogs.
Bret: Epileptic.
Jemaine: Epileptic.
Dave: Two chicks into the same dude?
Dave: Two guys into the same girl?
Jemaine Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Callback Dave: Well, let's just say derek's no longer with us.
Dave: He moved to arizona.
Dave Character Comedy Irony/Sarcasm Jemaine: Seems like an odd time for jazzercise
Dave Bret Misdirection Dark/Subversive ★ Rewatch Mel: Mel's fantasy about Bret and Jemaine having a baby together
Dave Wordplay/Pun Character Comedy Mel: Mel's fantasy about 'what a child of you and Jemaine might look like'
Jemaine: I'm developing a vaccine for pepileptic dogs
Jemaine: I'm developing a vaccine for pepileptic dogs.
Jemaine: I take it every 30 minutes.
Mel Bret Character Comedy Cringe/Discomfort Visual Gag ★ Rewatch Jemaine: But I think that's because of the vaccine
Bret Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Murray · Bret · Jemaine: Murray is developing a vaccine for 'pepileptic dogs' — 'I'm sorry, are you a vet or a doctor?' 'No, not really.' 'But I guess I'm quite intelligent.'
Jemaine: Sometimes I grow a beard and sometimes I glue one on when pressed for time
Murray: What, with your feet? I can't see one.
Bret: The challenge to a duel over Barbara
Dog Owner: That's my dog.
Barbara: I think you're mistaken.
Dog Owner: See there on the tag? It says mocha.
Jemaine Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy ★ Rewatch The dog Charlie being revealed as a different dog named Mocha
Murray Deadpan/Understatement Absurdist send a check in the letter to make a setter feel better
The strobe lights gave all of the dogs seizures
Murray Character Comedy Deadpan/Understatement Bret: I thought they were dancing
Barbara: I thought you guys were gay.
Bret Jemaine Absurdist Meta/Self-Referential Character Comedy ★ Rewatch Barbara: I'm sorry, I thought you guys were gay
Mel: Mel's family portrait showing Bret and Jemaine as a couple with a baby
Barbara: my name is brahbrah. B-r-a-h-b-r-a-h.
Jemaine: Told you it was brahbrah.
Murray Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Callback Six years' - how long Charlie has been missing
Dave · Barbara: Dave's vaccine now has toffee in it — 'I've got a new batch of the vaccine. It's got toffee in it.' / 'That doesn't sound very medical.'
Barbara · Bret · Jemaine · Dog Owner: The dog Barbara found is not Charlie — it's 'Mocha', someone else's dog — 'Maybe that isn't Charlie. He's a different color.'
Bret · Jemaine · Barbara: Bret and Jemaine competing to comfort Barbara — 'Bret, get out.' / 'Sorry, Jemaine's got his creepy hand on your shoulder.' / 'Thanks. Bret, you're crowding her.'
Bret · Murray · Jemaine: Benefit concert speech: Bret: 'It's great to be here. I'd like to dedicate this song to all the dogs with pepilepsy.' Murray: 'Bret, your speech is boring.' Then Jemaine: 'I love dogs with epilepsy.'
Bret · Jemaine: 'Bret, get out.' / 'Sorry, Jemaine's got his creepy hand on your shoulder.' / 'Bret, you're crowding her.'
Bret · Jemaine: The epileptic dogs charity song — 'Think About the Epileptic Dogs' — performed at the benefit, including '¶ somewhere there's a golden retriever / who's having a seizure ¶' and '¶ send a check in the letter / to make a setter feel better ¶' and '¶ come on make a donation / and save a shaky dalmatian ¶'
Bret Jemaine Character Comedy Absurdist Wordplay/Pun ★ Rewatch Callback Murray: Murray's verdict: 'It was good, wasn't it? Yeah, it was different.'
Murray Deadpan/Understatement Character Comedy Barbara · Bret · Jemaine · Murray: Post-concert disaster: 'The strobe lights gave all of the dogs seizures.' 'Not all of them.' 'Well, the epileptic ones.' 'Yeah, all of those ones.' Bret: 'I thought they were dancing.'
Bret · Jemaine · Barbara: 'Even the golden doodle?' 'Yes.' 'The shih-tzu was dancing.' 'No, he passed away.' 'Dogs can't dance, Bret.'
Murray: Murray's reveal: 'You see, my two lads here both seem to fancy you.' — exposing both men's feelings to Barbara; then 'On the other hand, if you like me, that's a different story.'
Murray Character Comedy Absurdist ★ Rewatch Barbara · Bret · Jemaine: Barbara reveals she thought Bret and Jemaine were gay — 'I'm sorry, I thought you guys were gay.'
Mel · Bret · Jemaine: Mel arrives with a 'mock-up family portrait' of Bret, Jemaine, and their hypothetical baby — 'coming out of you guys'
Bret: Bret: 'Kind of cute.' — about the portrait of him giving birth to Jemaine's baby
Bret Deadpan/Understatement Reaction Beat Barbara · Bret · Jemaine: Barbara: 'Truthfully, I'm interested in Bret if he's straight.' — looking at Jemaine. Jemaine: 'Yeah, this one.' pointing to Bret
Jemaine · Barbara: 'Could Jemaine come?' / 'Maybe another time.' / 'But, Barbara, I thought...' / 'My name is brahbrah.'
Bret · Brahbrah: Brahbrah asks 'So, brahbrah, how long has Charlie been gone?' — Brahbrah: 'Six years.'
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